Villarreal 2-1 Leganés: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 April 2019
Result
Villarreal 2-1 Leganés
La Liga · Sunday 21 April 2019, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 2-1 Leganés: match report
Villarreal won against Leganés 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 21 April 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Carlos Bacca opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Carlos Bacca (64') and Karl Toko Ekambi (80'). Leganés scored through N. El Zhar (87', penalty).
Discipline: Villarreal received 2 yellow cards; Leganés received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Villarreal were 17th on 33 points from 32 and Leganés 12th on 41 points from 32. Villarreal went on to finish that season 14th with 44 points, and Leganés 13th with 45.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leganés in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Karl Toko Ekambi of Villarreal (8.0), ahead of Santi Cazorla (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Villarreal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Leganés.
Going into the match Villarreal's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Leganés's D-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 64'Goal · Carlos Bacca
- 80'Goal · Karl Toko Ekambi
- 87'Penalty goal · N. El Zhar
- 90'Yellow card · Andrés Fernández
- 90'Yellow card · Kenneth Omeruo
- 90+1'Yellow card · Santiago Cáseres
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro González, Ramiro Funes Mori, Xavi Quintillà, Samuel Chukwueze, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Santi Cazorla, Karl Toko Ekambi, Carlos Bacca, Pablo Fornals
Leganés line-up (3-1-4-2)
Iván Cuéllar, Unai Bustinza, Kenneth Omeruo, Dimitrios Siovas, Rubén Pérez, Allan Nyom, Óscar Rodríguez, Gerard Gumbau, Jonathan Silva, Guido Carrillo, Martin Braithwaite